Verse 9

2 Kings 8:9

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9 So Hazael went to see him, taking with him forty camels with offerings on their backs of every sort of good thing from Damascus; and when he came before him, he said, Your son Ben-hadad, king of Aram, has sent me to you, saying, Will I get better from this disease?

Original Language Text

hebrew

וַ/יֵּ֣לֶךְ חֲזָאֵל֮ לִ/קְרָאת/וֹ֒ וַ/יִּקַּ֨ח מִנְחָ֤ה בְ/יָד/וֹ֙ וְ/כָל ט֣וּב דַּמֶּ֔שֶׂק מַשָּׂ֖א אַרְבָּעִ֣ים גָּמָ֑ל וַ/יָּבֹא֙ וַ/יַּעֲמֹ֣ד לְ/פָנָ֔י/ו וַ/יֹּ֗אמֶר בִּנְ/ךָ֨ בֶן הֲדַ֤ד מֶֽלֶךְ אֲרָם֙ שְׁלָחַ֤/נִי אֵלֶ֨י/ךָ֙ לֵ/אמֹ֔ר הַ/אֶחְיֶ֖ה מֵ/חֳלִ֥י זֶֽה

English Translation

And Hazael went to meet him and took a gift in his hand, and all the good of Damascus, a burden of forty camels, and he came and stood before him and said, "Your son Ben Hadad, king of Aram, has sent me to you to say, 'Will I recover from this illness?'"

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Chapter 8 Context

1 Now Elisha had said to the woman whose son he had given back to life, Go now, with all the people of... Focus ↗

2 So the woman got up and did as the man of God (Elohim) said; and she and the people of her house wer... Focus ↗

3 And when the seven years were ended, the woman came back from the land of the Philistines and went t... Focus ↗

4 Now the king was talking with Gehazi, the servant of the man of God (Elohim), saying, Now, give me a... Focus ↗

5 And while he was giving the king the story of how Elisha had given life to the dead, the woman whose... Focus ↗

6 And in answer to the king's questions, the woman gave him all the story. So the king gave orders to... Focus ↗

7 And Elisha came to Damascus; and Ben-hadad, king of Aram, was ill; and they said to him, The man of... Focus ↗

8 Then the king said to Hazael, Take an offering with you, and go to see the man of God (Elohim) and g... Focus ↗

9 So Hazael went to see him, taking with him forty camels with offerings on their backs of every sort...

10 And Elisha said to him, Go, say to him, You will certainly get better; but the Lord has made it clea... Focus ↗

11 And he kept his eyes fixed on him till he was shamed, and the man of God (Elohim) was overcome with... Focus ↗

12 And Hazael said, Why is my lord weeping? Then he said in answer, Because I see the evil which you wi... Focus ↗

13 And Hazael said, How is it possible that your servant, who is only a dog, will do this great thing?... Focus ↗

14 Then he went away from Elisha and came in to his master, who said to him, What did Elisha say to you... Focus ↗

15 Now on the day after, Hazael took the bed-cover, and making it wet with water, put it over Ben-hadad... Focus ↗

16 In the fifth year of Joram, the son of Ahab, king of Israel, Jehoram, the son of Jehoshaphat, king o... Focus ↗

17 He was thirty-two years old when he became king; and he was ruling in Jerusalem for eight years. Focus ↗

18 He went in the ways of the kings of Israel, as the family of Ahab did: for the daughter of Ahab was... Focus ↗

19 But it was not the Lord's purpose to send destruction on Judah, because of David his servant, to who... Focus ↗

20 In his time, Edom made themselves free from the rule of Judah, and took a king for themselves. Focus ↗

21 Then Joram went over to Zair, with all his war-carriages; ... made an attack by night on the Edomite... Focus ↗

22 So Edom made themselves free from the rule of Judah to this day. And at the same time, Libnah made i... Focus ↗

23 Now the rest of the acts of Joram, and all he did, are they not recorded in the book of the history... Focus ↗

24 And Joram went to rest with his fathers and was put into the earth with his fathers in the town of D... Focus ↗

25 In the twelfth year that Joram, the son of Ahab, was king of Israel, Ahaziah, the son of Jehoram, ki... Focus ↗

26 Ahaziah was twenty-two years old when he became king, and he was ruling in Jerusalem for one year. H... Focus ↗

27 He went in the ways of the family of Ahab, and did evil in the eyes of the Lord as the family of Aha... Focus ↗

28 He went with Joram, the son of Ahab, to make war on Hazael, king of Aram, at Ramoth-gilead: and Jora... Focus ↗

29 So King Joram went back to Jezreel to get well from the wounds which the bowmen had given him at Ram... Focus ↗

Verse Information

Book: 2 Kings
Chapter: Chapter 8 (29 verses)
Version: Bible in Basic English

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